Title: Existing WordPress Network detected
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Existing WordPress Network detected

 *  [erica34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erica34/)
 * (@erica34)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpress-network-detected/)
 * I am trying to install Multi Site and had Multi Site a while ago. I thought I
   deleted it. I am getting the message
 * Warning: An existing WordPress network was detected.Please complete the configuration
   steps. To create a new network, you will need to empty or remove the network 
   database tables.
 * I don’t have the original .htaccess file and I don’t know where network database
   tables are I don’t want to delete things that I don’t know what they are.

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 *  Thread Starter [erica34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erica34/)
 * (@erica34)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpress-network-detected/#post-2774704)
 * I just want to add I’ve deleted these tables in my database and I deleted the
   line enabled multisite in my wp-config file. my .htaccess file is blank so I 
   don’t have anything to restore that to. So I am really stuck.
 * wp_blogs
    wp_blog_versions wp_registration_log wp_site wp_sitemeta wp_signups
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpress-network-detected/#post-2774885)
 * Did you delete all the lines in the wp-config?
 *  Thread Starter [erica34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erica34/)
 * (@erica34)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpress-network-detected/#post-2774908)
 * I have. I reinstalled WordPress and reinstalled MultiSite. Although now I have
   two websites in my network. The main one uses my theme but the other one does
   not. When I visit the site it has no styles at all. I enabled the theme for the
   network so I thought it should work. When I click edit and then themes on the
   site with no styles it says Network enabled themes are not shown on this screen.
   If I click another there is still no style.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpress-network-detected/#post-2774913)
 * > Although now I have two websites in my network. The main one uses my theme 
   > but the other one does not. When I visit the site it has no styles at all.
 * You mean your sub-site doesn’t show themes?
 * Did you update your .htaccess correctly?
 *  Thread Starter [erica34](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erica34/)
 * (@erica34)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpress-network-detected/#post-2774914)
 * yes that sub site does not show themes. I am not sure. I didn’t do anything tot
   eh .htaccess file. What should I do? Thank you so much for your help too!
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpress-network-detected/#post-2774918)
 * >  I didn’t do anything tot eh .htaccess file.
 * Well that’s a problem 🙂
 * When you activated Multisite, it told you to edit the wp-config.php and .htaccess
 * Go to yourdomain.com/wp-admin/network/setup.php
 * You’ll see what you should have done.

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## Tags

 * [database tables](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-tables/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpress-network-detected/#post-2774918)
 * Status: not resolved

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